Get to know Homunculus better with 9 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like person or individual.
Homunculus in a sentence
Homunculus meaning
- A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.
- The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.
Using Homunculus
- The main meaning on this page is: A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm. | The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.
- Useful related words include: manikin, mannikin, small person, person.
- In the example corpus, homunculus often appears in combinations such as: the homunculus, homunculus homunculus.
Context around Homunculus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Homunculus
- In this selection, "homunculus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, youngest, meaning, sperm and sized stand out and add context to how "homunculus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against a homunculus without complete and as a homunculus sized arguably. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "homunculus" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with homunculus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The illustration was originally termed "Penfield's Homunculus", homunculus meaning little man. (12 words)
On the contrary, that honor goes to the youngest Homunculus, Führer King Bradley of Amestris. (15 words)
Uryu can handle Envy, but he can he handle another homunculus by the name of Wrath? (16 words)
If you look directly to the south of us you’ve got Carina which is a fabulous constellation which has the Carina Nebula and what’s called the Homunculus which is a bubble of gas round a huge star that’s a 100 times bigger than ours. (47 words)
This early episode is so high up for one reason: Roy Mustang versus Lust, which is one of the first instances of our protagonists going up against a Homunculus without complete knowledge about their intentions, powers, or origins. (38 words)
Father extracted what he viewed as flaws in himself and concentrated them into physical bodies that would become his children ~ otherwise known as the homunculus. (25 words)
Uryu can handle Envy, but he can he handle another homunculus by the name of Wrath? (16 words)
Example sentences (9)
The illustration was originally termed "Penfield's Homunculus", homunculus meaning little man.
On the contrary, that honor goes to the youngest Homunculus, Führer King Bradley of Amestris.
Nice to see the well-documented and verified theory behind the homunculus sperm concept (preformationism) is alive and well.
Susumu thinks he can use this to manipulate others, but he gets a part of their homunculus with each interaction.
This early episode is so high up for one reason: Roy Mustang versus Lust, which is one of the first instances of our protagonists going up against a Homunculus without complete knowledge about their intentions, powers, or origins.
Father extracted what he viewed as flaws in himself and concentrated them into physical bodies that would become his children ~ otherwise known as the homunculus.
Uryu can handle Envy, but he can he handle another homunculus by the name of Wrath?
Al Pacino is delicious as a homunculus-sized, arguably diabolical talent agent, who tries to get Rick to make “spaghetti Westerns” in Rome.
If you look directly to the south of us you’ve got Carina which is a fabulous constellation which has the Carina Nebula and what’s called the Homunculus which is a bubble of gas round a huge star that’s a 100 times bigger than ours.
Common combinations with homunculus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: